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disruptthelaw
5y ago
Every day millions of South Africans walk in the street and don’t die. The touristy areas are safer than elsewhere. There isn’t just random non stop killing in the streets.
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$350 per month full time (albeit with accommodation sometimes included). Surely this would be unheard of in the US?
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Yes I don’t think anyone here disputes the historical cause.
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Yeah, I think what makes SA different is most people in the middle class economy can afford domestic staff.
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5y ago
The surplus of unskilled workers means that labor is very cheap. Businesses over employ (cleaning staff, security etc), and even homes over employ in terms of domestic staff (maids and garderners), but there’s still a big surplus.
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5y ago
There is a shortage of skilled workers and there is a surplus of unskilled workers. Google “skill shortage South Africa” or something like that for more info. I don’t think there is an easy solution to bringing that gap, but I’m sure gettin
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In addition to the other answers here, there is a large informal economy that essentially caters for the poor. This both provides them with informal means of income but also allows the poor to access essentials cheaply. For example a typic
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I think you’re mostly addressing issues of user experience. Let me put it this way, just for sake of simplicity, assume all the system did was keep a set of instructions to be read by your loved ones upon your death. The instructions could
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Great feedback thank you. Personally, purely from a user experience point of view, I’d rather have an online portal where I can manage my info than have to go through a law firm each time I want to update anything. As such I feel there is
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What would a Deadmanswitch service need to do for you to trust it?
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Join me in creating a legal info marketplace and disrupting legal publishing
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